|
| Title: |
UP 1601 |
| Description: |
UP 1601 in tailing elephant position behind her bigger sister shuffling between the sort and departure yards... maybe (on the yard description... I took a picture of the Bailey Yard layout picture, but, honestly, I shouldve taken more care because the close color in the key... that or tried to understand all the activity - even though a very kind retire UP employee upstairs in the enclosed part of the tower took the time to point and talk through it all... honestly? Overwhelming is an understatement, especially trying to grasp the numbers that are pouring forth as he points (I mean, one of the two hump towers is so tall, its also a pass-under for a tunnel so units can pass from one side of the tower/sort yard to the other uninterrupted... which if you follow a group of power during a shuffle, you periodically lose them (I believe Bailey Yard is over 8 miles long, so I guess not hard to imagine losing them - but they go under, loop around, and eventually even over an rail-over-rail over-pass, then disappear again behind more railcars... it would take a long time to fully appreciate the immense scales were talking about. |
| Photo Date: |
6/18/2016 Upload Date: 8/20/2016 1:52:58 PM |
| Location: |
North Platte, NE |
| Author: |
B Campbell |
| Categories: |
|
| Locomotives: |
UP 1601(SD40N) |
| Views: |
193 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
UP 4280 - UP 1601 |
| Description: |
UP 4280 - UP 1601 in a more zoomed out shot to try and put it all into perspective: the near lower right is the diesel repair shed spurs (units in the first row listed above... but theyre way the heck off to the right - not just 90°, but off around to the other side of the observation platform) - the little HCLX 3848 is the start of the several rows of rental power and smaller UP power units; I believe departure tracks are next, then thru-lines with the mixed freight visible, receiving tracks back behind the two power units followed by the *west* (bound) hump tower dropping down into the sort bowl out of the frame to the right; departure tracks; finally a whole pile of westbound run-thru tracks not even visible up and off to the distant left... to the best of my guesses - but - this is only a very small fragment of the entire 8 mile length as theres all the *east* (bound, but ot the left/west of the frame) hump tower, yards, maintenance, etc. disappearing into the distant farmland. |
| Photo Date: |
6/18/2016 Upload Date: 8/20/2016 1:53:23 PM |
| Location: |
North Platte, NE |
| Author: |
B Campbell |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4280(SD70M) UP 1601(SD40N) |
| Views: |
228 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
UP 5601 - UP 5607 (WPSX 1528 open hopper), UP 4280 - UP 1601 |
| Description: |
UP 5601 - UP 5607 (WPSX 1528 open hopper loaded with coal as the first paying customer) as they pass through North Platte, UP 4280 - UP 1601 pair idling in the background... along with several whole units of empty coal cars in the further distance in the westbound holding lanes.) |
| Photo Date: |
6/18/2016 Upload Date: 8/20/2016 2:18:53 PM |
| Location: |
North Platte, NE |
| Author: |
B Campbell |
| Categories: |
|
| Locomotives: |
UP 5601(AC44CWCTE) UP 5607(AC44CWCTE) UP 4280(SD70M) UP 1601(SD40N) |
| Views: |
395 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
